Paige Aiello's life to be celebrated Tuesday

HILLSBOROUGH — Family and friends Tuesday will celebrate the life of a The College of New Jersey student whose April disappearance launched a major search, which led to her body being discovered earlier this month in the Hudson River.

Visitation for Paige Barrie Aiello will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday in the Hillsborough Funeral Home at 796 Route 206 South in Hillsborough, according to her obituary.

Anyone who knew Aiello or has been affected by her story is welcome to attend a celebration of her life at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Unitarian Church at 4 Waldron Ave. in Summit, followed by a funeral at the Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, the obituary states.

The 22-year-old had recently been accepted to nine law schools when she disappeared from her family’s home in Hillsborough on April 9, as reported by the Times.

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Aiello’s father said she had been under a lot of stress and was very depressed in the days leading up to her disappearance.

She had been spending less time in her on-campus apartment and more time at her family’s home in Hillsborough.

Aiello's purse and cell phone were found on the George Washington Bridge that night.

Her body was discovered a month later on the riverbank off 158th Street in Manhattan, about a mile down river from the bridge.

A posthumous degree was given to the family by The College of New Jersey senior, and faculty and students from the School of the Arts and Communications, in which Aiello was a student, wore peach-colored ribbons on their graduation gowns, as reported by the Times.